Shade-hanger.



Z. PERRAULT.

SHADE HANGER.

.APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1914.

Patented Sept.. 21, 1915.

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ZQEL PERRAULT, OF ,REEDS FERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SHADE-HANGER.

To all 107mm- 't may concern vBe it yknown that I, ZoEL PERRAULT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Reeds Ferry, inthe county ofHillsboro and State of N ew Hampshire,have invented certain new anduseful Improvement-s in Shade-Hangers, of which `the following is aspecification. 1

rlhis invention .rela-tes -to shade hangers and has primarily foritsobject to provide a device capable `of adjustment soas to beadaptable for use on window casings of various sizes. v

Another object is to provide a novel form of locking means by which thedevice is held positively in engagement with :the window casing minusthe use of nails, screws, etc.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification. y

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hangerconstructed in accordance with my invention, illustrating theapplication thereof, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 isan enlarged fragmentary View of a detail, Fig. 4 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 4-1 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of themovable jaw used in the present invention. Fig. 6 is a detail view ofthe inner ends of the movable hanger members.

In the drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of thisinvention in order to illustrate the application thereof, a support 5 isprovided which in the present instance represents a window casing withwhich my improved shade generally designated 6, is associa-ted. Thehanger 6, in the present instance, comprises a pair of relativelymovable members 7, each of which has formed in one end thereof anelongated slot 8, through one of which a screw 9 is passed fordetachably engaging the proximate ends of the members 7, said membersprovided with tapered intermediate portions 10, so as to provideshoulders 11 for a purpose which will subsequently appear. The outerterminal of one of the members 7 is turned in right-angled rela-v so asto provide a jaw 12 tion to the body,

with one of the marginal for engagement Specication of Letters Patent.

hanging device,

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Applicationled May 9, 1914. Serial No. 837,491.

edges ofthe window casing 5, the jaw being provided with teeth so as tobite into the casing thereby positively engaging the same therewith and.preventing its accidental ,displacement. The opposite member 7 raisedas indicated at 18 adjacent its outer terminal, said raised portionbeing provided with an elongated slot 14 in which is slidably mounted astud 15 which is carried'by the movable -iaw 16, the latter providedwith anelongated slot 17 in which engages a tongue 18, said tongue beingformed by reducing the extreme end of lthe last vmentionedymember 7, asshown toxadvantage in Fig. 3. The movable jaw 16 is provided with `teeth19 which: bite in the casing on the opposite marginal edge Vfrom thatwith which the j afw 12 isengaged. The innerend of one of the members 7has a neckv 7 eX- tendingv therefrom -.and -in right angled reversemovement of the members 7, even in the event that undue pressure isexerted thereon, since by mounting the screw 9 on the end of one of themembers 7 and passing it through the slot 8 in the opposite member 7,the members 7 would be readily displaced by any undue pressure, as isthe case in devices of this character now in use.

In order to enga-ge the jaws 12 and 16 with the opposite side of thecasing, a cam lever 20 is interposed between the raised portion 13 andthe tongue 18 of the member 7, and is provided on its upper face with apivot pin 21 which engages through the movable jaw 16 thereby impartingmovement to the latter, when pressure is exerted on the cam lever 20,while the latter is limited in its movement by the provision of a tooth22 which projects from the periphery of the cam and abuts one side ofthe tongue 18, said lever 20 being provided with a finger-piece 23, soas to facilitate the actuation of the same.

The shade supporting members, as indicated at 24 are identical inconfiguration, each comprising an elongated base, one end 25 of which isturned atright angles to the Y body for engagement with one end of thewindow shade, in the usual manner. A slot 26 isI formed in each of themembers 24,

which ,engage the reduced portions positemarginal edges of the windowcasing, and the cam lever 20', then actuated so that theteeth oii'thejaws 12 and 1G wi'll bite into'the casing, thereby positively preventingthe accidental displacementof the same. The shade supporting members,9Aare then adapted so as' toconform to the lengtho'the sliadeiand are.engaged therewith in the usual manner, after-'which the screws 2S aretightenedrpreventing the accidental displace; ment of the window shade.VvVhen'desired, the device may be expeditiously removed from the windowcasing by merely disengaging the jaws l2 and 16 therefrom which' isaccomplished by releasing the cam-lever 20.

It will'be understood that the above de'- sciiptionand accompanyingdrawings 'com-V throughY the members 7 y 29 through vpiehend only thegeneral and preferred einbodiment of my invention and that variousIminor changes in details of construction, vvproportion and arrangementof parts, may bei made within thescopeof the appended claim and withoutsacrilicing any of the advantages of my invention. Having thus fullydescribed my invention wha-t1 claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is; f' A shade -hanger including a pair ofsl'idablyconnected relatively movable casing engaging members, eachv of which isreduced to Aprovide shoulders, shade' supporting brackets slidalolymounted onfthe reduced portionsof said members and having tonguesextending therefrom'vfor abutment 'with said the movement or said fand'means ior shoulders for limiting brackets in one direction, A

engagingA said members with.y

the window casing.

In testimony Whereo'i have-ailixed my 'Y signature inpresence ofl twowitnesses. Y 1 ZOELPERRAULT- 1i Vitne'sses: '1, --1 Y f Louis S'iGERMAIN,l

y A. E. Boisviin'r,

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